THINC-it is a new app that can help you track and measure your patient’s cognition. This episode includes a special patient edition from the Pocket Psychiatrist that walks patients through the app and offers tips to keep them motivate.

Clinicians are inundated with ads for genetic testing, but is genetic testing currently helpful for informing clinical care?

Brian Wilson, Lou Reed, and Ian Curtis all created new music genres, and each of them is reputed to have had bipolar disorder. We look at the evidence behind that, and learn a few things about psychiatry and creativity along the way.

We explore 3 ways that the coronavirus can affect the brain, causing syndromes that resemble traditional psychiatric disorders but may differ in their causes and treatments.

We ask the big questions: Is topiramate a drug or a sugar? Do you need to use the FDA-approved combo pill for weight loss? And which of its 13 off-label psychiatric uses are ready for clinical practice?

A new study looked at what works best after two antidepressants have failed, and it claims to have found some surprising winners. We take a closer look at the data in the final episode of our two-part series on treatment resistant depression (see March 8 2021 for part 1).Published on: 3/3/21Duration:...

We unpack 6 studies of the hypnotic eszopiclone in depressive and anxiety disorders, and conclude that there’s more going on here than a simple benefit in sleep. Our word of the day tells us something about what’s missing in depression: Present moment awareness.Published On: 4/26/21Duration: 22 minutes, 52 secondsTranscript:We all know that...

18 experts weigh in on how they use antidepressants in bipolar II. Sleep onset latency is defined, and we uncover the neuropsychiatric effects of marijuana in adults.Published On: 4/19/2020Duration: 28 minutes, 11 secondsTranscript:Today, 18 experts weigh in on how they use antidepressants in bipolar II disorder.Welcome to the Carlat Psychiatry Podcast, keeping...

We look at three ways that the body influences psychiatric disorders in the brain – through neurohormones, inflammation, and metabolic health. Dr. Rodrigo Mansur delves into that last one in our expert interview, and we end with a new app – Thinc-IT - that measures cognition in patients. It’s here.Published On:...

Around 50 controlled trials have tested benzodiazepines in depression, and the results are surprising. They seem to work. In this episode we look at the controversies surrounding this research and what it means for practice.Published On: 4/5/2021Duration: 25 minutes, 41 secondsTranscript:Benzos and sleep meds rarely earn a mention in textbooks...